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Considerable attention has been directed to the possibility of a technological singularity when artificial intelligences “wake up” and start acting in their own self-interest. Long before then, however, humanity will confront an ethical singularity—a...

Over the course of its 133-year history, the prestigious Gifford Lectures delivered annually in Scotland have developed deep ties to Harvard University whose faculty—including Professors Diana Eck, William James, and Steven Pinker—have broken new ground...

Harvard Divinity School (HDS) hosted “Queer Youth and Religious Debates over Sexuality,” a panel discussion held Oct. 7 on queer youth in the United States and their relationship to religion and the church. Cheryl A. Giles, Peabody Professor of the...

This session of the fourth annual RPP Colloquium Series explores some of the key challenges that nonviolent resistance movements face, including obstacles to building and maintaining movement cohesion, ensuring effective communication, and gaining...

Harvard University is honored to welcome Professor Eduardo Matos Moctezuma on April 10, 2018 to deliver the lecture, “ Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Discovers Himself: Excavations of the Great Aztec Temple,” at 6 pm, at the Geological Lecture Hall (24 Oxford...

by Jahnabi Barooah Americans in new, charismatic evangelical churches need to work harder than Ghanaians in theologically similar settings to make God real. This is the provocative thesis that Tanya Marie Luhrmann put forward at Harvard Divinity School's...

How can academic institutions address the fallout from acts of terror, such as the January 7 Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris? Should they? During a recent HDS forum, "Violence, Freedom of Expression and Justice," panelists raised questions about free speech...

It's a question that many faculty members wrestle with no matter at what school or university they may find work: To speak or not to speak? Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Professor of Comparative Theology and director of the Center for the Study of World...

The large number of deaths from the Ebola virus is due to the lack of sufficient medical care, said Harvard professor and physician Paul Farmer at a public forum on December 8. Farmer, who has devoted his life to bringing health care to the poorest...

"We have unknowingly sacrificed our children in order to feed Moloch," said author Russell Banks, describing Moloch—a Levantine god to whom children were sacrificed—as "god of capitalism." Considered one of America's most important fiction writers, Banks...

What is the role of religious literacy in humanitarian action? Humanitarian practitioners and leading scholars involved in humanitarian efforts will discuss this question and others during the Symposium on Religious Literacy in Humanitarian Action. The...

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was exercising on a treadmill when she received a call notifying her that she would soon become the next mayor of Baltimore. What the call didn’t explain was how her leadership abilities would be repeatedly tested. Rawlings-Blake...